Explorer Elementary

We love a Parade! 🚙🚗 Join us next Friday as HHS shows off its Tiger Spirit in a REVERSE Parade. See the video for details or check your email for an incoming PeachJar flyer. https://share.peachjar.com/flyers/1036267/districts/934 🚔🎶😀🏈😁😎🏐🤩🎾🥳

Fʀᴇᴇ Sᴄʜᴏᴏʟ Mᴇᴀʟs Tʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ Dᴇᴄᴇᴍʙᴇʀ 2020! 🥗🍕🍽 Take advantage of this unprecedented program to help ensure – no matter what the situation is – children have access to nutritious food as we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Harrisburg School District and USDA have been and continue to be committed to using the Congressionally appropriated funding that has been made available. https://bit.ly/3kktBlg 🟠 Stretch your household budget 🔵 Save time preparing meals 🔴 Provide a sense of "normal" for learners 🟢 Delicious, nutritious, convenient & fun 🟠 Available to Distance Learners!

Not a minute goes by where our staff, students and families don't benefit from the talent and contributions of our HSD IT Department. Thank you to our IT Staff for keeping the technology wheels turning and making it all look so easy! 🐾❤️👩🏻‍💻👨‍💻

Show your school spirit next week by dressing up for Homecoming! (Reminder - since there will be no homecoming parade this year, we will have a FULL day of school on Friday, September 25)

Explorer's school supply has been finalized. Find it here 🔗 https://www.teacherlists.com/schools/95424-harrisburg-explorer-elementary

🐾 The Tiger Bowl Cheer Camp for this year as been canceled.

Our Back to School Restart Plan can be found here: https://www.harrisburgdistrict41-2.org/article/273732?org=high-school

😎 Today is the final day of Grab & Go Summer meals. Stop by Liberty or Journey elementary from 11 AM - 1 PM. Meals are FREE to all children 18 years & younger.  Children do not need to be enrolled at HSD to pick up meals.

The HSD School Board approved an update to the 2020-2021 district calendar. The first day of school will now be Thursday, August 20th. To view the full calendar, please visit https://5il.co/h2dw.

😎 Stop by Liberty or Journey elementary from 11 AM - 1 PM today for Grab & Go Summer meals! • FREE to all children 18 years & younger.  • Children do not need to be enrolled at HSD to pick up meals.

The Harrisburg Child Nutrition Department has multiple full and part time kitchen assistant openings for the 2020-2021 school year.  If you enjoy working with kids and having nights and weekends off then this may be the job you are looking for!  🐾

😎 Stop by Liberty or Journey elementary from 11 AM - 1 PM today for Grab & Go Summer meals! • FREE to all children 18 years & younger.  • Children do not need to be enrolled at HSD to pick up meals.

😎 HSD Grab & Go Summer starts today! Stop by Liberty or Journey elementary from 11 AM - 1 PM to pick up a weekly supply of breakfast & lunches. Meals are FREE to all children 18 years & younger.  Children do not need to be enrolled at HSD to pick up meals.

😎 HSD Grab & Go Summer starts today! Stop by Liberty or Journey elementary from 11 AM - 1 PM to pick up a weekly supply of breakfast & lunches. Meals are FREE to all children 18 years & younger.  Children do not need to be enrolled at HSD to pick up meals.

😎 Summer Food Grab-N-Go Meals start on June 3rd!!  Support the Summer Food Program by picking up five breakfast and five lunches 𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘛𝘞𝘖 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘶𝘱 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 – 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺.   🔴 Meals can be picked up from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM 🗓 June 3rd, 10th, 17th & 23rd 🔴 Meals are FREE to all children 18 years & younger.  Children do not need to be enrolled at the Harrisburg School District to pick up meals.

ELEMENTARY PARENS & GUARDIANS: Thank you for helping your children through Distance Learning during the 4th quarter of the school year. Learning Boards with 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝘿𝙤 lessons will continue through Tuesday, May 19th.  There will be some 𝘾𝙖𝙣 𝘿𝙤 activities for May 20-22 and the District will be putting out some learning opportunities in the coming weeks for your children to engage in over the summer. 🔴 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙋𝙖𝙙𝙨, 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙'𝙨 𝙀𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡. Please also return the following items: 🔴 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 🔴 𝙇𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 🔴 𝘈𝘯𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥’𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘗𝘌 𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘴, 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘦𝘵𝘤. 🔴 𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 🐾 You will be receiving an email from your child’s school about specific instructions for drop-off & to complete a survey about your learner’s iPad. 🐾 Complete the survey before you drop off the iPad and be sure to indicate on the survey if there is any breakage or concerns with the iPad. 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝗢𝗳𝗳 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀: 🔴 Tuesday, May 19th 3:00-6:00 🔴 Wednesday, May 20th 1:00-6:00

The School Board Election slated for May 5, 2020 will not take place. The School Board had two vacancies which were filled by the two candidates that filed petitions. Mike Knudson and Linda Heerde will be starting their new 3 year terms in July 2020.

Explorer Elementary misses our learners, and we want to bring them some sunshine! ☀️ https://youtu.be/uxwD0y4uGQE

A REMINDER: The HSD Child Nutrition Department is modifying it's Grab & Go program to a more convenient method with our new 𝙒𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙡𝙮 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙗 & 𝙂𝙤 meal schedule! 🍎 Starting the week of May 4th, we will be moving to ᴏɴᴄᴇ ᴀ ᴡᴇᴇᴋ ᴘɪᴄᴋ-ᴜᴘ on WEDNESDAYS ONLY. 🍏 You will be able to pick up 5 breakfast and 5 lunch meals for each child between the ages of 0-18 each Wednesday. ⚠️ To help protect our staff and to make the process smooth please have your trunk or rear door open so staff can place the meals in there.

⚠️ Following Governor Noem’s press conference to present South Dakota’s Back to Normal plan, we want to communicate that the HSD plan for the remainder of the current school year has not changed. We will continue remote learning through the end of the current year. School facilities remain closed through at least May 31st, and playgrounds will remain closed until further notice. The tennis courts will reopen immediately for public use as will the North Middle School track for walking and running. We will continue to communicate changes as they occur. 🔴 This Friday is School Lunch Hero Day, as well as Principal Appreciation Day. We encourage you to share a note of appreciation or a word of thanks with those who have been working so hard to meet the needs of our students.